Database Administrator (MySQL)

As a Database Administrator in Sportradar, you will be part of Sportradar's global team. The team works closely with developers, security, DevOps, and Architects.

Sportradar invests heavily in automation and accessibility services. We are therefore looking for a new engineer to join a growing data team that will look after our central data stack. Our infrastructure consists of thousands of physical and virtual machines, includes managed services, databases, streaming services, Kubernetes clusters, and spans several physical data centers as well as Amazon Web Services (AWS).

You will work with the solutions of the future in the sports, media, and betting industry. You will collaborate with developers on technical architecture and the implementation
of new products and services.

THE CHALLENGE:

• Owning the database management activities 
• Participating in cloud migration project 
• Collaborating on technical architecture and implementation of new features and capabilities on our data platform
• Searching, selecting and implementing new tools and technologies that "make life easier"
• Keeping things running by continuous monitoring, alerting, and catching spots to improve
• Learning new technologies, trends, and tools

YOUR PROFILE:

• Excellent communication skills to cooperate with various internal departments
• Good level of communication in English
• Knowledge of SQL
• Some previous experience in MySQL database administration 
• Some previous experience with a scripting language (e.g. bash, python)
• Awareness of message queues and event streaming (e.g. RabbitMQ, Kafka, MQTT)
• Readiness to learn new technologies, willingness to develop in the area
  of data management

OUR OFFER:

• Competitive salary and benefits
• Work and develop within an inspiring and fast-growing company
• Adapted training plan and continuous learning to maintain and develop the level of competence
• International environment, opportunity to collaborate with colleagues from all over the world (Engineering offices in Europe, Asia and US)
• Be a part of a company, which culture promotes social aspects, sports, physical exercise, and fun
   

We do not expect you to know all these technologies, but hope you want to learn! It is important what competence you have, but just as important is who you are as a person. At Sportradar, you will work in teams, so you must have good collaboration skills and want to be a team player. You are eager and have no problem taking the initiative if you see that something can be done differently or more efficiently. You are hungry to learn and have a positive attitude. Do you recognize yourself in this? Then we want to get to know you better!

Sportradar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to encourage diversity within our teams. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to among other things, your background, status, or personal preferences